Buddha and Two Disciples, unknown Siamese (Thai) artist, last quarter of 19th century (Rattanakosin Kingdom)
Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Narita-san Fudō Myōō (from the series The Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays), Tadakiyo, 1895
The seated Buddha. Stucco sculpture from a stupa at the now-destroyed site of Hadda, Afghanistan, once part of the region of Gandhara. Artist unknown; ca. 300 CE (late Kushan period). Now in the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Head (wood, lacquer, pigment, rock crystal, and metal) of a Buddhist Guardian. Unknown Japanese artist; 13th century (Kamakura period). Now in the Brooklyn Museum. Photo credit: Brooklyn Museum.
Japanese mask (iron and lacquer, with a silk head covering sewn on the upper edges) representing Jikokuten, guardian deity of the East in Buddhist cosmology. Inscribed by Myōchin Muneakira; dated 1745. Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Dragon (from the series Modern Illustrations of Buddhist Precepts), Kunisada II, 1860
Head of a Buddha. Unknown Chinese artist; Northern Wei Dynasty (ca. 550-770 CE). Now in the Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA.
Sculpture (wood with polychromy and gilt-bronze) of Fudo Myo-o (=Sanskrit Acala), protector of the Dharma. Unknown Japanese artist; 12th-14th century (Kamakura period). Now in the Art Institute of Chicago.
Buddha Shakyamuni seated in meditation (Dhyanamudra). Artist unknown; 12th century. Now in the Art Institute of Chicago.
Head of a Buddhist guardian king, perhaps Tseng-ch’ang (=Sanskrit Virudhaka), regent of the south. Unknown Chinese artist; 7th century. Now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. Photo credit: Walters Art Museum.
Standing bodhisattva Maitreya, from the Gandhara region in what is now Pakistan. Artist unknown; 3rd cent. CE. Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photo credit: Shakti/Wikimedia Commons.
Sculpture (dry lacquer with traces of gilt and polychrome pigment and gilding) of Buddha in his aspect as Amitabha/Amituofo. Unknown Chinese artist, early 7th century (Tang Dynasty). Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Gilt bronze statue of the seated Buddha holding a mango. From Thailand (Bangkok style), artist unknown; 18th or 19th century. Now in the Honolulu Academy of Arts.
Sculpture of the seated Maitreya (the future Buddha). Artist unknown; 2nd/3rd cent. CE. From India; now in the Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin.
Sandstone head of the Buddha, from Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh. Artist unknown; ca. 6th cent. CE. Now in the Sarnath Archaeological Museum. Photo credit: Biswarup Ganguly.
Carved exorcist’s horn (thun rva) from Bhutan or Tibet. Artist unknown; prob. 19th century. Now in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Photo credit: LACMA.